Selected Issues Papers

Embracing Digitalization to Accelerate Oman's Economic Transformation: Oman

By Mohamed Belkhir

April 15, 2025

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Mohamed Belkhir. "Embracing Digitalization to Accelerate Oman's Economic Transformation: Oman", Selected Issues Papers 2025, 036 (2025), accessed May 22, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229008273.018

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Summary

Motivated by Oman’s economic transformation agenda, this paper: (i) takes stock of the state of digitalization in Oman; (ii) provides an illustration of potential gains from enhanced digitalization; and (iii) highlights policy priorities that can support the authorities endeavors in advancing their digitalization agenda. The findings suggest that while Oman has progressed well on some aspects of digitalization, it still needs to deploy additional investments and efforts to match its GCC peers on several other aspects and accelerate its economic transformation.

Subject: Civil service, Digital economy, Digitalization, Economic sectors, Fintech, Labor, Technology

Keywords: Authorities endeavor, Civil service, Credit guarantees, Digital economy, Digitalization, Digitalization agenda, Enhanced digitalization, Entrepreneurship, Fintech, Foreign investment, Global, Global value chains, Policy priority, Skill building, SME policy, Technology policy, Training, Transformation agenda

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